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TextPlus plans to add 911 bounceback message to OTT app
Messaging provider textPlus said in an FCC filing that the company soon plans to create a bounceback message for users who attempt to send messages to 911. The news is notable considering the FCC is working to ensure that messages sent to 911 are received by emergency personnel.
FCC holds hearings on Hurricane Sandy's damage to wireless networks, seeks answers
The FCC conducted a pair of hearings Tuesday in New York City and Hoboken, N.J., to assess how communications networks failed in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy last fall and what should be done to prevent future network disruptions following severe storms.
AT&T, Verizon, others debate liability, funding for Next-Generation 911 service
As the nation's wireless carriers and messaging providers gear up to support text-to-911 service, they are also already staking out positions on a Next-Generation 911 service that could support a range of communication mechanisms including pictures, video and other IP-based communications.
iMessage, other OTT messaging providers to fall under FCC's text-to-911 rules
The FCC proposed yesterday that all wireless carriers and providers of over-the-top messaging applications like Apple's iMessage provide customers with tex-to-911 services. The proposed rule changes are part of an ongoing overhaul of the FCC's Next Generation 911 rules.
FCC explores whether Apple's iMessage should comply with text-to-911 service
Apple is in discussions with the FCC over how the commission's text-to-911 rules might affect over-the-top messaging applications like Apple's iMessage, according to an FCC filing made on behalf of Apple. Apple wants the FCC to more carefully specify which OTT applications should be included in the agency's rules for text-to-911.
Tier 1 carriers to launch nationwide text-to-911 service by mid-2014
The nation's Tier 1 wireless carriers agreed to offer nationwide text-to-911 services by May 15, 2014, with "major deployments" starting next year.
Carriers set to turn on emergency alert system
All major U.S. carriers will begin using a new emergency alert system later this month that wireless operators and federal agencies rallied around last year. "Wireless carriers representing more...
TCS aims to ease E911 issues for VoLTE
One of the big hurdles for operators preparing to introduce voice over LTE is ensuring they can provide legally mandated emergency 911 access over this IP-based voice service. At the CTIA Wireless
Sprint enables new SMS emergency alert system
Sprint Nextel ( NYSE:S ) said it is the first U.S. wireless carrier to enable a new SMS-based emergency alert system that the nation's Tier 1 wireless operators and federal agencies rallied around
UPDATED: FCC mandates stricter phone location requirements for E911
The FCC is requiring that on a date still to be determined, though not before 2019, carriers will need to meet the more stringent location accuracy standards that now apply to those carriers using a
